The newsletter aims in this space give to the readers a perspective of scientific production held at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon / Santa Maria Hospital / Institute of Molecular Medicine.

Includes original articles and reviews in the period May to July 2012.

1. Rodrigues, Ana M; Caetano-Lopes, Joana; Vale, Ana C [et al.]. Low osteocalcin/collagen type I bone gene expression ratio is associated with hip fragility fractures. BONE. Volume: 51   Issue: 6   Pages: 981-9   2012-Dec. (Epub Sep 05.)
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2. Veiga, Ana Salomé; Sinthuvanich, Chomdao; Gaspar, Diana [et al.]. Arginine-rich self-assembling peptides as potent antibacterial gels. BIOMATERIALS.  Volume: 33   Issue: 35   Pages: 8907-16   Published: 2012-Dec (Epub 2012 Sep 17)
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3. Martins, IC; Gomes Neto, F; Faustino, A [et al.]. The disordered N-terminal region of dengue virus capsid protein contains a drug targetable lipid droplet-binding motif.  FEBS JOURNAL.  Volume: 279   Special Issue: SI Supplement: 1   Pages: 405-415   Published: SEP 2012
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4. Oliveira, TF; Ferreira, L; Sanches, J; Paiva, T [et al.]. An exploratory study of dissociated states during sleep in patients with fibromyalgia. JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH. Volume: 21   Special Issue: SI Supplement: 1   Pages: 165. Published: SEP 2012
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5. Navalho, M; Resende, C; Rodrigues, AM. [et al.]. Bilateral MR Imaging of the Hand and Wrist in Early and Very Early Inflammatory Arthritis: Tenosynovitis Is Associated with Progression to Rheumatoid Arthritis. RADIOLOGY.  Volume: 264   Issue: 3   Pages: 823-833   Published: SEP 2012
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6. Barbosa, R.R.; Silva, S.P.; Silva, S.L.; Tendeiro, R.; Melo, A. C.; Pedro, E.; Barbosa, M.P.; Santos, M.C.P.; Victorino, R.M.M.); Sousa, A.E. Monocyte activation is a feature of common variable immunodeficiency irrespective of plasma lipopolysaccharide levels. CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY. Volume: 169 Issue: 3 Pages: 263-272 Published: SEP 2012
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7. Borges-Costa, J.; Matos, C.; Pereira, F. Sexually transmitted infections in pregnant adolescents: prevalence and association with maternal and foetal morbidity. JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. Volume: 26 Issue: 8 Pages: 972-975 Published: AUG 2012
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8. Silva, Bruno; Martins, Rute; Proença, Daniela; Fleming, Rita; Faustino, Paula. The functional significance of E277K and V295A HFE mutations. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. Volume: 158 Issue: 3. Pages: 399-408 Published: AUG 2012
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9. Manso, H.; Krug, T.; Sobral, J.; Albergaria, I.; Gaspar, G.; Ferro, J.M.; Oliveira, S.A.; Vicente, A.M. Evidence for epistatic gene interactions between growth factor genes in stroke outcome. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY Volume: 19 Issue: 8 Pages: 1151-1153 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03625.x Published: AUG 2012
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10. Santos, MJ; Carmona Fernandes, D; Caetano-Lopes, J; [et al.]. TNF promoter-308 G > A and LTA 252 A > G polymorphisms in Portuguese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. Volume: 32   Issue: 8   Pages: 2239-2244   Published: AUG 2012
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11. Gaspar, D; Veiga, AS; Sinthuvanich, C; [et al.]. Anticancer Peptide SVS-1: Efficacy Precedes Membrane Neutralization. BIOCHEMISTRY.  Volume: 51   Issue: 32   Pages: 6263-6265   Published: AUG 14 2012
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12. Duarte, J; Carrie, N; Oliveira, VG; [et al.]. T Cell Apoptosis and Induction of Foxp3(+) Regulatory T Cells Underlie the Therapeutic Efficacy of CD4 Blockade in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY  Volume: 189   Issue: 4   Pages: 1680-1688   Published: AUG 2012
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13. Northcott, Paul A.; Shih, David J.H.; Peacock, John; [et al.] Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes. NATURE. Volume: 488 Issue: 7409 Pages: 49-56 Published: AUG 2 2012
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14. Quental, Carlos; Folgado, João; Ambrósio, Jorge; Monteiro, Jacinto. A multibody biomechanical model of the upper limb including the shoulder girdle. MULTIBODY SYSTEM DYNAMICS. Volume: 28 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 83-108 Published: AUG 2012
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15. Davalos, Antoni; Alvarez-Sabin, José; Castillo, José; [et al.] Group Author(s): Int Citicoline Trial AcUte Stroke. Citicoline in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke: an international, randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled study (ICTUS trial). LANCET. Volume: 380 Issue: 9839 Pages: 349-357 Published: JUL 28 2012
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16. Borges-Costa, J.; Matos, C.; Pereira, F. Sexually transmitted infections in pregnant adolescents: prevalence and association with maternal and foetal morbidity. JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. Volume: 26 Issue: 8 Pages: 972-975. Published: AUG 2012
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17. Diógenes, MJ; Dias, RB; Rombo, DM [et al.]. Extracellular Alpha-Synuclein Oligomers Modulate Synaptic Transmission and Impair LTP Via NMDA-Receptor Activation. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. Volume: 32   Issue: 34   Pages: 11750-11762   Published: AUG 2012
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18. Mestre, Tiago A.; Lang, A. E.; Ferreira, Joaquim J.; Almeida, Vânia; de Carvalho, Mamede; Miyasaki, Janis; Chen, Robert; Fox, Susan. Associated movement disorders in orthostatic tremor. JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY. Volume: 83 Issue: 7 Pages: 725-729 Published: JUL 2012
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19. Acharya, U. Rajendra; Sree, S. Vinitha; Ribeiro, Ricardo; Krishnamurthi, Ganapathy; Marinho, Rui Tato; Sanches, João; Suri, Jasjit S. Data mining framework for fatty liver disease classification in ultrasound: A hybrid feature extraction paradigm. Author(s): Source: MEDICAL PHYSICS. Volume: 39 Issue: 7 Pages: 4255-4264 Published: JUL 2012
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20. Clemons, Mark; Russell, Kent; Costa, Luís); Addison, Christina L. Adjuvant bisphosphonate treatment for breast cancer: Why did something so elegant become so complicated?BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT Volume: 134 Issue: 2 Pages: 453-457 Published: JUL 2012
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21. Boléo-Tomé, C; Monteiro-Grillo, I; Camilo, M; [et al.] Validation of the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) in cancer. BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. Volume: 108   Issue: 2   Pages: 343-348   Published: JUL 2012
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22. Ferreira, C; Lavinhas, C; Fernandes, L [et al.]. Nutritional risk and status of surgical patients; the relevance of nutrition training of medical students. NUTRICION HOSPITALARIA.  Volume: 27   Issue: 4   Pages: 1086-1091    Published: JUL-AUG 2012
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